Chemotherapy Research Paper

Physical Effect of Cancer and Cognitive Effect of Chemotherapy on Women

When you hear the word “cancer” what do you think about? Do you think about yourself or someone else? That or it just goes to your head and never even know what it truly means besides the provided Webster meaning. We as human are very weak against this final stage of pathogens and even animals as experience health issues like us. There’s no verbal or intuitive warning whether you, yourself will develop this type of health risk. It gets even more complicated because according to the Cancer Research of United Kingdom “There are more than 200 different types of cancer. You can develop cancer in any body organ. There are over 60 different organs in the body where a cancer
Just as what Dr. Joanna Lin said, that the main difference lies in women’s concerns regarding their physical appearances. A lot of us never have to think of losing our hair. We tend to assume that we will always have a head full of long thin keratins. Our societies have placed a great emphasis on how we should wear it, especially for women. In fact, many of us pride ourselves on our hair as being a significant part of our identity. When face with a diagnosis of cancer which can be terrifying, a woman somehow has to cope with a reality of losing her hair. According to two of the commenter from ppc-dayton.com, Joanna said that “The humiliation of being bald and the emotional devastation it caused in my life, was as bad or worse than the physical damage the chemo inflicted.” (ppcdayton.com, Joanna) and Joan’s reaction was “I think it almost became a badge of honor to be bald and I was kind of proud that I was holding up pretty well.” (ppcdayton.com,
According to the cancer.org, Studies suggest that there may be more than one cause of chemo brain, especially for the short-term symptoms. Some people with cancer have very real brain problems even though they have not had chemo. Still others notice problems when getting hormone treatments, such as estrogen blockers or androgen deprivation therapy (treatments to lower testosterone levels). For some, problems start after surgery. Along with chemo, many different problems can worsen brain function. For instance, brain problems could be caused or worsened by any one or any combination of these factors: The cancer itself, combination of drug medication such as asteroids, anti-nausea or pain medicines. Low blood counts, hormone dysfunctions and depression.” ( unknown,